Investing in art: how to make money by discovering the next Monet

Fancy yourself as a patron of the arts, but lacking in a philanthropic bank
account? Consider graduate art. Not only can you boast of grass-root arts
funding, you could end up with sky-high financial gains, writes Emma Wall.

This month, graduate artists will be displaying the products of their hard
graft in degree shows across the country and one of the exhibitors could
make your own financial picture a lot brighter. Charles Saatchi is famed for
spending tens of thousands buying up entire graduate art shows in the hope
of catching the next Tracey Emin or Damien Hirst.

You don’t need to be a multimillionaire to emulate Mr Saatchi – BA and MA
graduate art work can be picked up from as little as £50 and there are
attractive tax incentives.